Andrew’s reflection upon yesterday’s LGBT massacre in Orlando. There is a time for anger and activism; healing and hope. Now is a time for mourning. Don’t let your anger for what happened turn into their hate. Read more

Here is the official trailer for Andrew Marin’s new book, Us Versus Us: The Untold Story of Religion and the LGBT Community, based on the largest national scientific research study ever done in the LGBT community regarding the intersection of faith, religious practices, and sexual orientation. Read more

I just got word that my ebook, Our Last Option: How a New Approach to Civility can Save the Public Square, is the Patheos Book Club’s book of the month. Check out the interview I did with Patheos editor Kathleen Mulhern about the impetus behind Our Last Option and how to make pluralism work. You can also read the Preface, Introduction, and Chapter 1 of Our Last Option for free, here. I hope you enjoy the interview and excerpt, and download a copy today! You can purchase it really inexpensive… Read more

We have solidified the summer schedule for our Living in the Tension gatherings. As always, they will start at 7pm at 5255 N. Ashland Ave Room 120: Tuesday June 9th (this coming Tuesday!) Monday June 22nd (mandatory for any participants in June 28th’s Chicago Pride I’m Sorry Campaign) Monday July 13th Monday July 27th These next four gatherings will be led by our longtime friend and volunteer Darren Calhoun (picture below). Darren is a professional event and portrait photographer… Read more

To our followers, partners, and friends: There has been a recent silence on our social media accounts and blog because the Board and I (Andrew) are in the middle of some organizational change. As in every organization’s lifespan, there are periods of transition. And after 12 years of The Marin Foundation creating a new path towards building social, political, and religious bridges between the LGBTQ community and conservatives, we currently find ourselves needing to address culture’s shifting direction in new… Read more

For sixteen years, that name was the one that the child used. When they were 14 and came out as gender fluid and pansexual, they flirted with another more androgynous name, but it never really caught on. As an affirming parent, I could wrap my head around their orientation and support it, but when I asked if they wanted me to call them that name, it was always with a sense of, “Please, don’t want that,” behind it. And for a while, those unspoken words were heeded. They were ambivalent about the name, and were content for those who knew about their orientation to continue to use their birth name. Read more

Please join us this Monday for a very special open-mic/bring-something-to-share/talent show night at our Living in the Tension gathering! This has become something of an annual tradition for us, and it’s always fun and inspiring to see and hear the artwork, songs, book passages, poems, stories, etc. that people bring to share with the group. So you’re invited to bring something–whether you made it or it was made by someone else–but something that speaks to you or your own journey… Read more